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Business Acquisition Business Acquisition (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended |  |
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Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2014 | Jun. 30, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2014 | May 30, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | $ 478,982,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet | $ 424,084,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet |  |  |
Amortization of acquired prAna net assets | 1,287,000 us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets | 333,000 us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets |  |  |
Goodwill | 68,594,000 us-gaap_Goodwill | 14,438,000 us-gaap_Goodwill |  | 68,594,000 us-gaap_Goodwill |
prAna Living LLC [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired |  |  |  |  | 100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = colm_PrAnaLivingLLCMember
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired |  |  | 188,467,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = colm_PrAnaLivingLLCMember |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Cash and Equivalents |  |  |  |  | 4,946,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCashAndEquivalents / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = colm_PrAnaLivingLLCMember
Net sales | 37,094,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = colm_PrAnaLivingLLCMember |  |  |  |
Net income from prAna | 3,666,000 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromSubsidiariesNetOfTax / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = colm_PrAnaLivingLLCMember |  |  |  |
Amortization of acquired prAna net assets | 954,000 us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = colm_PrAnaLivingLLCMember |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  |  |  |  | $ 54,156,000 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = colm_PrAnaLivingLLCMember

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